The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-25
SIX MONTHS FOR O'BRIEN.
He is CONVICTED ON TWO
CHARGES AND SENTENCED.

Given Two months Tor Using Lam
guage Alleged to be Seditious-Mr.
O'Brien Makes an Eloquent Speech
Despite the Judges Resort to the Gag
Law.
CORK, Sept. 24.--The trial of William
OBrien under the crimes act, which was
commenced at Mitchellstown yesterday
was concluded to-day. The accused was
found guilty and sentenced to three months
imprisonment Notice of appeal from the
Judgment of the court was given.
Immediately after sentence had been pro-
nounced against Mr.. O'Brien on the first
charge, he was placed on trial on the second
charge. This was of the same nature as the
other. Upon this he was also found guilty
and was sentenced to three months impris-
onment, the term to be concurrent with the
other. Mr.. O'Brien appealed from both
Judgments, and was liberated on bail.
VAUDEVILLE ALSO CONVICTED
John Vaudeville, chairman of the Board
of Poor Law Guardians of Mitchelstown,
who was jointly indicted with Mr.. O'Brien
for using seditious language in a speech
made on the same occasion as Mr.. O'Brien's,
was also convicted and sentenced to two
months imprisonments. Mr. Vaudeville
mitted to remain at liberty on bail pending
decision of the appeal. Mr.. O'Brien, when
he emerged from the court room after the
trial, was received with an ovation by the
large crowd which had assembled to testify
their approval of his course.
At the opening of the trial to-day Mr..
Carson, counsel for the crown, complained
to the Judge that DR.. Tanner. member of
Parliament, had yesterday, within the court,
lo1 ht,,,u L
had expressed the hope that his head might
he broken. The court made note of the
complaint.
o'BRIEN'S NOVEL POINT
Mr.. c. .Brieu, replying to the charge made
against him Of having used seditious Ian
guage in his public address. declared that
the court was not competent to try him, be-
cause it was foreign in its composition to
the requirements of the British constitution
At this point the Judge stopped Mr.
OBrien, saying discussion of politics would
not be allowed in the proceedings. Mr..
O'Brien thereupon declared that he was
the chosen representative of the Irish peo-
pie, and would advocate free speech. The
court again stopped him. Mr.. OBrien said
the crown was guilty of having suppressed
evidence favorable to him. The crown had
withheld, for instance, notes made by the
head constable of the defendant speech.
The notes, he said, recorded his statement
that the Irish party would give the land
bill fair play.
JUsTIFIEs HIS COURSE.
Mr.. O'Brien justified his defense of the
Kingston tenants on the ground that the
evictions against them were commenced
Just on the eve of the passage of the land
bill, and thus an attempt was made to de-
fraud the poor wretched tenants of the
benefits of the measure He admitted that he
had advised the tenants not to give
up without resistance, and he
had declared that before God
and man, they were justified in defending
their homes Mr.. O'Brien spoke brilliantly
notwithstanding the interruptions by the
court. and was frequently applauded. He
asserted that his advice had prevented evic-
tions, and that a hundred tenants in
Mitchellstown now possessed homes who
would have been houseless if his advice had
rot been adopted.
O'SULLIvAN'S REPORT.
The suppression of Constable O'Sullivan's
honest report, he said, showed the means
adopted to secure conviction. He preferred
breaking the law with John Hampden and
George Washington to obeying the law
which Capt. Plunkett and Standish
Otirady administered. Personally, lie felt
very proud of being one Of a long line of
glorious and holy place Possibly he
himself would be the last of that long line,
for the English nation, to which the last
appeal must he made, would reverse the de-
clSion pronounced to-day and declare it no
longer a crime to defend the homes and as
sert the liberties of the Irish people.
Mtchellstown was illuminated tonight,
rows of candles being placed in all the win
dows on the main street. Messrs. U'Brien
at Limerick and proceeded to Dublin.
When they left Ntchellstown they were
followed some distance by cheering crowds.
he streets of the town were alive with
people until 10 O'Clock, when the crowds
quietly dispersed on advice of CONNER
tondon. Mr.. Harrington viii return to
Mltchellstowu on Tuesday next.
The police dispersed a gathering in the
priests private grounds at Mitchellstown
today. 1t is believed that an attempt will
he made TO hold a meeting near Mitchells-
town tomorrow.
DR. Tanner. Nationalist member of Par
Lament, made a speech at Ferinoy tonight.
ne police i'll dispensing the crowd used
their hatons, and the people replied with
stones. Worse disturbance is feared.
BoYcoTTED IN CHURCH
DUBLIN, Sept 24--The Express Con
servative) SAYS that Archbishop Walsh, of
Dublin, has expressed strong displeasure at
lhe hoycotting of the sisters of Magistrate
Heagrave, the official who superintended the
affairs at Mitchellstown on Sept. ., on the
occasion Of the fatal conflict between the
rhlice and populacc' The Express alleges
that Archbishop Walsh has warned the
clergy that if hoycotting Of ladies again
occurs at the church at Mitchellstown he
VIII close the church.
DANITTS ALLEGED MISSION
LONDON, Sept. ~. The Cork coIrespon-
uent ot the Times says that owing 20 the
Plumbers made by William O'Brien during
ms recent American trip the donations To
loe National League from America have
u"lndled, and that Mr. Davitt has gone to
america % eEdeuvOr TO repair ;he damage
aone by Mr. O'flIen lie kept his departure
secret until tho last moment, 81 he feared
mat he would be arrested, au6 t'ht his prof.
Joci would be thus nipped in ne bud.
SPBErH ny MpplSN.
'ohn Morley, speaking at Newcastle to-
nay, renudiated the nOtiop thni bhere was
my split between himself aud the Glad.
stonlan party. As long ~ hlr. Gladstone
hahered 10 tho cause Of freedom and justice
10 long would he support him. His views
on the Irish question, he said, were I'M
.hanged. Tho government had failed TO
zeal satisfactorily with the Irish question.
Notwithstanding all their promises snd
N'uges. they had adopted a shameless ana
,hrxnmplcd course THIS Parliament WA
hnown as the unble2cd Parliament IN
NE House Of Commons and iu Ireland every.
iHiuQ had hrat. .1pt.. o.. fltssrteaiou and